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Protesters demonstrate against China’s human rights violations.
On Monday, a group of protestors from Hong Kong, Japan, and China, including Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongolians, and human rights activists, demonstrated against Beijing’s human rights violations and called on the international community to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Yesterday, more than 30 people demonstrated outside the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo for more than…
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To survive the Tibetan winters, real-life Pikachus eat yak dung.
The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau’s winter is harsh for pikas. Temperatures in the desolate, windswept highlands regularly fall below –30° Celsius, causing the grass that normally nourishes the rabbit-like creatures to become dry and brittle. When food is scarce, the little, rabbit-like animals, often compared to Pokémon’s Pikachu figure, slow their metabolism and consume yak feces to…
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The world’s wealthiest guy Bezos is planning a space launch.
The world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, will become an astronaut on Tuesday when Blue Origin launches its first crewed mission, capping off a busy month for the fledgling space tourism business. The expedition comes only days after Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson nearly defeated Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in a battle of billionaires. Blue Origin,…
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China should be held accountable for its transgressions
A Tibetan named Dhondup Wangchen, who was jailed for six years after making a documentary about Tibet, is today exiled in San Francisco. Dhondup Wangchen wishes for the entire globe to choose a side. Dhondup Wangchen, emboldened by the government’s assurances to respect human rights and press freedom, took up his camera and crisscrossed Tibet…
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Tibetan NGOs launched a movement on World Justice Day
This Saturday evening on International Day of Justice in McLeod Ganj’s Main Square, five major Tibetan non-governmental organizations launched a movement calling on international governments, organizations, and world leaders to hold China accountable for depriving Tibetans, Uyghurs, Southern Mongolians, Hongkongers, Taiwanese, and Chinese democratic activists of justice.
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Chinese efforts to impose the Dalai Lama of their choice are ludicrous.
It is only true for Tibetans to believe that when President Xi Jinping speaks of Tibetan Buddhism “with Chinese characteristics,” he is revealing China’s intentions to destroy and subsume Tibet’s unique cultural identity into communism. The Chinese efforts to install their preferred Dalai Lama are just ridiculous. Tibet is, first and foremost, an occupied territory.…
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Neil deGrasse: Richard Branson did not go into space
Richard Branson, the billionaire, made the first tourist space flight in history on July 11. His company’s Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity flight was destined for the Earth-space border. Despite the fact that the Briton has achieved a historic milestone, some, including famous astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, a disciple of Carl Sagan, doubt that he has…
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MPs in UK have voted to boycott the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Parliamentarians in the United Kingdom voted in favor of a motion calling on the government to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 unless alleged atrocities in Xinjiang are put to an end. Another condition was the lifting of Chinese sanctions against British citizens and entities. While the motions are not legally binding, they demonstrate…
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A significant portion of the Amazon Rainforest has now ‘flipped’ to emitting more CO2 than it absorbs.
Researchers reported on Wednesday that climate change and deforestation have flipped a large swath of the Amazon basin from absorbing to emitting planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2), a transformation that could turn humanity’s greatest natural ally in the fight against global warming into a foe. They reported in the journal Nature that hundreds of high-altitude air…
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University of California Santa Barbara to Translate Vast Tibetan Buddhist Canon
The Buddha is reported to have given 84,000 teachings. The Tibetan Buddhist canon is more than 230,000 pages lengthy in total. A global push to translate it all into English dubbed a “100-year project,” has already been ongoing for some years. That effort now has a new partner to help them get closer to the…